If those times are right... its a functionality you should not live without, its a direct money saver. Upgrade to 9i today!
hats off to Oracle marketing... "if and when the database sales lose traction... we will release RENAME COLUMN"... and 20 years later... here it is. Keith Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 10:41:32 -0800 To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California Kevin, I appreciate your testing efforts. Now to convince the bean-counters to upgrate to 9i. Ron ROR mª¿ªm >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/22/02 02:08PM >>> I reran my test. with 250,000 rows in the table. It took a whopping 0.25 seconds to complete. -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:59 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Kevin, Yes but does it work with data in the column?, I do not have 9i set up yet. If it works as you describe with data in the column it will really help with the multi million row tables that "they" want to rename a column after a release of a new lotto game. thanks, for the test and update. Ron ROR mª¿ªm >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/22/02 10:38AM >>> Summary: it works! SQL> SELECT * FROM v$version; BANNER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production CORE 9.2.0.1.0 Production TNS for Solaris: Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.1.0 - Production SQL> create table test_table (wrong_name VARCHAR2(40)); Table created. SQL> alter table test_table rename column wrong_name to right_name; Table altered. SQL> desc test_table; Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- ---------------------------- RIGHT_NAME VARCHAR2(40) SQL> Kevin Toepke [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Keith Peterson INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
